Sheldon Harris
Sheldon Harris was a judge of the Illinois 1st District Appellate Court. He assumed office in 2010. He left office in 2022.
Harris (Democratic Party) ran for election for the 1st District judge of the Illinois Supreme Court. He lost in the Democratic primary on March 17, 2020.
Harris was a judge on the First District Appellate Court in Illinois. He was first appointed to the court in November 2010.[1] He was reassigned from the second to the third division on February 1, 2013, to fill the vacancy created by the retirement of Judge John O. Steele.[2] His was re-elected in 2014 after running unopposed for a term that expired on December 1, 2024.[3]
On November 11, 2013, the Supreme Court of Illinois extended Harris' duty to the Circuit Court of Cook County from December 1, 2013, through December 1, 2014.[4]
Judge Sheldon Harris announced he planned to retire in December 2022.[5]
Education
Harris received his undergraduate degree from the University of Arizona at Tucson in 1963 and his J.D. from John Marshall Law School in 1966.[1]
Career
After teaching in the Chicago Public Schools, Harris began his law career in 1966 as a trial lawyer for the Legal Aid Bureau of Chicago. He then started his own law practice in 1970, first specializing in divorce and domestic relations cases and then moving to a trial law practice in personal injury, medical malpractice, and corporate disputes. He spent three years as a principal of Haas and Harris, Ltd and then over 25 years at Sheldon A. Harris & Associates. Harris was appointed to the Circuit Court of Cook County in February of 2000. In November 2010, he was appointed to the Illinois First District Appellate Court.[1][6]
Awards and associations
- Pro bono mentor to attorneys, Chicago Bar Association’s Access to Justice Program[1]
Elections
2020
See also: Illinois Supreme Court elections, 2020
General election
General election for Illinois Supreme Court 1st District
Incumbent P. Scott Neville defeated Richard Mayers in the general election for Illinois Supreme Court 1st District on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | P. Scott Neville (D) | 100.0 | 1,765,329 |
| Richard Mayers (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 31 | ||
| Total votes: 1,765,360 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Illinois Supreme Court 1st District
The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for Illinois Supreme Court 1st District on March 17, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | P. Scott Neville | 26.2 | 214,066 |
 | Jesse G. Reyes | 20.3 | 165,344 | |
 | Sheldon Harris | 15.1 | 123,166 | |
 | Cynthia Cobbs | 12.7 | 103,497 | |
 | Margaret Stanton McBride | 12.4 | 101,475 | |
 | Daniel Epstein | 8.2 | 66,762 | |
 | Nathaniel R. Howse | 5.1 | 41,205 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.0 | 22 | ||
| Total votes: 815,537 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Clint Krislov (D)
2014
- See also: Illinois judicial elections, 2014
Harris ran for election to the First District Appellate Court.
Primary: He was successful in the Democratic primary on March 18, 2014, receiving 37.4 percent of the vote. He competed against Susan Kennedy Sullivan and Freddrenna M. Lyle.
General: He was unopposed in the general election on November 4, 2014.[7][8][9][10]
Evaluations
The Illinois State Bar Association rated Harris as Qualified for election in 2014.[11]
Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Sheldon Harris did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Illinois Courts, "Sheldon A. Harris," accessed April 21, 2014
- ↑ State of Illinois, "State of Illinois Supreme Court," November 12, 2012
- ↑ Information submitted on Judgepedia's biographical submission form on 1/22/2013
- ↑ Illinois Supreme Court, "Supreme Court Extends Assignment of Sheldon A. Harris to Cook County Circuit Court," November 11, 2013
- ↑ Injustice Watch, "Illinois Appellate Court Judge Sheldon Harris announces retirement, creating vacancy for June primary," March 16, 2022
- ↑ Sheldon A. Harris Campaign Website, "Home," accessed April 21, 2014
- ↑ Illinois State Board of Elections, "Candidate List- General Primary," March 18, 2014
- ↑ Board of Election Commissioners for the City of Chicago, "General Primary Election, Unofficial Summary Report," March 18, 2014, archived March 21, 2014
- ↑ Cook County Clerk, "Gubernatorial Primary Election," March 18, 2014, archived March 21, 2014
- ↑ Illinois State Board of Elections, "Official Canvass, General Primary Election," March 18, 2014
- ↑ Illinois State Bar Association, "Judicial Evaluations," October 2014
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